A Nuclear Sitting Duck

Published: September 12, 2004

To the Editor:

Thank you to Rory Kennedy for writing ''A Target on the Hudson'' (Op-Ed, Sept. 5). It's outrageous that this toxic dinosaur, Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant, remains active on the shore of the Hudson River, just begging to be hit.

Worse yet are the nonsensical proposals for safe evacuation in the event of a hit. There will be no safe evacuation and nowhere to evacuate to.

I find it insulting that anyone expects the people of Westchester County to believe that there couldpossibly be a quick, safe and orderly evacuation. Such pronouncements remind me of the air raid drills of the 50's, when we were led to believe that crouching under our desks would protect us from nuclear fallout.